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" Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms Burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi' meikle... "
The Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art - Page 307
1859
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The Golden Treasury of the Best Songs and Lyrical Poems in the English ...

Francis Turner Palgrave - 1861 - 356 pages
...Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na but my heart was sair When my Love dropt down and spak nae mair! 1 laid her down wi' meikle...
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Wilson's Tales of the Borders, and of Scotland ..., Volumes 17-18; Volume 118

John Mackay Wilson - 1863 - 600 pages
...compare, I'll make a garland of thy hair ; Shall bind my heart for ever mair, Until the day I dee. " Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...hand that fired the shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropped On fair Kirkeonnel lea ! " XII. — THE CAIENY CAVE OF GAVIN MUIB. There is a wild, uninhabited...
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Playtime with the poets: a selection of the best English poetry for the use ...

Playtime - 1863 - 436 pages
...Helen lies; Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies On fair Kirconnell lea ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms loved Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na but my heart was sair When my love dropped down...
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Early Scottish Ballads

William Motherwell - 1864 - 380 pages
...Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, 0n fair Kirconnel Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...my arms burd* Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak nae mair ! There did she swoon...
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The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads

William Allingham - 1865 - 456 pages
...day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! ' neistan,' next. 2 Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 3 0 think na ye my heart was sair When my love dropt, and spak' nae mair ! There did she swoon wi'...
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The Ballad Book: A Selection of the Choicest British Ballads

William Allingham - 1865 - 458 pages
...lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lea ! 2 Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...shot, When in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succor me ! "neistan,1' next. "burd" (bird), damsel, young lady. 3 0 think na ye my heart was sair...
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English and Scottish Ballads, Volume 2

Francis James Child - 1866 - 424 pages
...Helen lies, Night and day on me she cries ; 0 that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirconnell Lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! 0 think na ye my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spak nae mair ! There did she swoon...
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The Book of Rubies: A Collection of the Most Notable Love-poems in the ...

1866 - 392 pages
...lies ; Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lee. f ' Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst the hand that fired the shot, When in my arms bird Helen dropt And died to succour me! Oh, think ye na my heart was sair, When my love dropt down...
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Ballads: Scottish and English. With illustr. by J. Lawson

Ballads - 1867 - 638 pages
...Helen lies ! Night and day on me she cries ; Oh that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...in my arms burd Helen dropt, And died to succour me ! Fierce. oh. thlnk ye im my hmit won anlr. , On t'uir Kirkcoiiiifll lev — IlKT.KN UK Kll:Ki1)NNKI...
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The Legendary Ballads of England and Scotland

John S. Roberts - 1868 - 674 pages
...Helen lies! Night and day on me she cries ; O that I were where Helen lies, On fair Kirkconnell lee ! Curst be the heart that thought the thought, And curst...And died to succour me ! O think ye na my heart was sair, When my love dropt down and spake nae mair! There did she swoon wi1 meikle care, On fair Kirkconnell...
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